Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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Public service shrinks by nearly 10,000, with tax, immigration hit the hardest
OTTAWA - The federal public service shed almost 10,000 people last year, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada losing the most employees. The last time the pu...
Jun 13, 2025
'Let the chips fall': New B.C. party's leader vows to go where others won't
VICTORIA - The interim leader of B.C.'s newest political party says it will raise issues other parties won't dare to touch. Dallas Brodie said these included the effects of the "reconciliation industr...
Jun 13, 2025
Trade bill could trigger 'race to the bottom' in health standards, health groups warn
OTTAWA - Anti-smoking groups are warning the Carney government that its legislation to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers could undermine health standards unless it's amended to add new safeguar...
Jun 13, 2025
AFN says wildfires are forcing it to postpone annual general assembly to September
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is pushing its annual general assembly from July to September due to ongoing wildfire emergencies across the country. The decision to postpone comes as First Nat...
Jun 13, 2025
Marines are seen standing guard at a federal building in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marines were seen standing guard outside a federal building in Los Angeles on Friday as they started operations after protests erupted last week over immigration raids. Maj. Gen. Sc...
Jun 13, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee federal court
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling char...
Jun 13, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort...
Jun 13, 2025
Canada condemns Iran's attack on Israel, calls for de-escalation: Anand
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is condemning an Iranian attack on Israel after a barrage of long-range missiles was launched at Tel Aviv in retaliation for an Israeli strike in Iran. Israel attacked...
Jun 13, 2025
Kinew says Manitoba hotel owners should step up for wildfire evacuees
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says some hotel owners in the province are not doing enough to help wildfire evacuees. Kinew said on Thursday after touring some fire-hit areas that while a large...
Jun 13, 2025 Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew meets with staff from the Manitoba Metis Federation outside the evacuation centre at the Thompson Regional Community Centre in Thompson, Man. during a tour of wildfires in northern Manitoba on Thursday, June 12, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Deal-Pool
Fentanyl czar says government's border bill will help in fight against lethal drug
OTTAWA - Canada's fentanyl czar says the fight against the deadly opioid would get a boost from proposed new tools for law enforcement in the Liberal government's recently tabled border bill. Kevin Br...
Jun 13, 2025 Canada's fentanyl czar Kevin Brosseau looks on during a press conference following a tour of the Canada Border Services Agency Lansdowne port of entry in Lansdowne, Ont., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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